I do not know that I have anything clearly in mind. The most obvious one, often thought of as the opposite of productivity, might be pleasure. Or maybe some of the stories floating around about using it for animal communication will work out, and we will all be Doctor Dolittles. Maybe it is going to make its mark mostly as a consumer toy…
I do not know that I have anything clearly in mind. The most obvious one, often thought of as the opposite of productivity, might be pleasure. Or maybe some of the stories floating around about using it for animal communication will work out, and we will all be Doctor Dolittles. Maybe it is going to make its mark mostly as a consumer toy, or maybe it will be in areas we cannot figure out yet. Remember that Alexander Graham Bell thought of the telephone as a potential way to get more music into households, much as consumer radio later became. Honestly I expect its main use will end up being for mass manipulation and surveillance like most of the other digital technologies that have emerged in recent years. I don't think it is going away, don't think it will lead to AGI, but don't see it as a positive force overall. It will take a lot of hard work for it to become an overall positive force, and I don't think the makers of these tools will be the ones to do that work.
Pleasure is my bet as well. Productivity will be a part but not the biggest one. It's also as you say - we can't fathom what future generations will do with these things!
I do not know that I have anything clearly in mind. The most obvious one, often thought of as the opposite of productivity, might be pleasure. Or maybe some of the stories floating around about using it for animal communication will work out, and we will all be Doctor Dolittles. Maybe it is going to make its mark mostly as a consumer toy, or maybe it will be in areas we cannot figure out yet. Remember that Alexander Graham Bell thought of the telephone as a potential way to get more music into households, much as consumer radio later became. Honestly I expect its main use will end up being for mass manipulation and surveillance like most of the other digital technologies that have emerged in recent years. I don't think it is going away, don't think it will lead to AGI, but don't see it as a positive force overall. It will take a lot of hard work for it to become an overall positive force, and I don't think the makers of these tools will be the ones to do that work.
Pleasure is my bet as well. Productivity will be a part but not the biggest one. It's also as you say - we can't fathom what future generations will do with these things!